Erraid Davies

Erraid Davie
Personal information
Nationality  Scotland
Born (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001
Dundee, Scotland
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Delting Dolphins swimming club
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Commonwealth Games 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 100m Breaststroke SB9

Erraid Davies (born 9 February 2001 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish swimmer from Skeld[1] in Shetland. In 2014 at the age of 13 she became the youngest person to compete for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games and achieved a bronze medal in the SB9 category for 100m breaststroke.[2] Her parents are Joyce and David Davies, and she has two older sisters.[3]

Disability

Davies was diagnosed with Perthes disease, a hip problem,[4][1] at the age of four[2] and was in a wheelchair for another four years.[1]

Swimming

Since being diagnosed and advised not to do any weight-bearing exercise she took up swimming so she could stay fit.[1] She swam her first mile before the age of six.

Davies is a member of the Delting Dolphins swimming club[4] based in Brae, which claims to be "the most northerly active swimming club in the UK".[5] Davies trains in the afternoons and evenings in a 16.66m pool, which is a third of the length of the Olympic-sized pool in which she won her bronze medal.[2] In June 2016 Davies was notified that she was no longer eligible to perform as a Para-sport swimmer as her impairment was now not serious enough.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brown, Craig (29 July 2014). "Glasgow 2014: Erraid Davies the toast of Scotland". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Glasgow 2014: Erraid Davies's parents praise 'amazing daughter'".(28 July 2014) BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rio beckons after Erraid's Glasgow bronze". Shetland News. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Hannah Miley and Erraid Davies: a champion and a cherub now on the same wavelength". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "About us". Delting Dolphins Swimming Club. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Erraid Davies: Commonwealth Games medallist ineligible for Para-swimming". BBC Sport. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.


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